Further reading

University of Sussex, and Arts and Humanities Research Council, The Barlow Collection, supervised by Regina Krahl, Maurice Howard, and Aiden Leeves (Sussex: University of Sussex, 2006), no. J8

Location

currently in research collection

Objects are sometimes moved to a different location. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis. Contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular object on display, or would like to arrange an appointment to see an object in our reserve collections.

Publications online

Jade discs were produced in China since the Neolithic, but the present piece differs in material, shape and design from any ancient style.

The thick circular disc is cut from a deep green stone with darker mottling. It has a small circular hole in the centre and is decorated on one side with raised bosses, on the other with three shou (‘long life’) medallions, curl motifs and raised bosses. The central hole and the rim are outlined by a raised band.